Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy

Meaning-centered counseling

by Paul T. P. Wong

Religiousness and depression: Evidence for a main effect and the moderating influence of stressful life events.

by Timothy B. Smith

The Spiritual Self: Toward a Conceptualization of Spiritual Identity Development.

by Timothy B. Smith

Spiritual Interventions In Psychotherapy: Evaluations by Highly Religious Clients

by Timothy B. Smith

Development and validation of the theistic spiritual outcome survey.

by Timothy B. Smith

Psychotherapy and Soul Searching: Responses to the Spirituality Roundtable, Psychoanalytic Perspectives, 4:2, 49-58, 2007.

by Amber Haque

Da eticidade própria às práticas psicológicas fenomenológico existenciais

by Herlon Bezerra

BEZERRA, Herlon A. Da eticidade própria às práticas psicológicas fenomenológico existenciais. (Apresentação Oral). I Seminário do Lab. de Psicologia em Subjetividade e Sociedade (LAPSUS) - “Consumo, Ética e Brasilidade”. 04 e 05.11.2004.

Num momento cultural em que não são mais possíveis nem as garantias fundamentais da tradição nem a referência moderna... more Num momento cultural em que não são mais possíveis nem as garantias fundamentais da tradição nem a referência moderna à vontade livre de um Eu soberano como instâncias últimas de decisão ética, jurídica e política, revelam-se as práticas psicológicas fenomenológico existenciais, em seu compromisso com aquele horizonte da trágica verdade humana, fundamento da irrepetível singularidade de seu existir que se subtrai por essência a toda captura por parte do conhecer, uma bem sucedida resposta cultural ao modo como se coloca contemporaneamente o problema irrecusável da verdade e sentido da ação humana no mundo – núcleo originário mesmo das questões éticas.

The Ethics of Transpersonal Psychology

by Beth McLarnan McDonald

SPECIFIC COUNSELLING INTERVENTIONS

by Alan MacKenzie

This paper was part of a fulfillment in a Master in Counselling

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The dynamics of shame: implications for counsellors working in alcohol and other drug settings.

by Rebecca Gray

published in 'Psychotherapy in Australia' 2009

The aim of this paper is to observe the impact of shame and stigma on the therapeutic process through the perceptions... more The aim of this paper is to observe the impact of shame and stigma on the therapeutic process through the perceptions and experiences of counselors and alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers. This includes the relationship between chronic shame and the multiple axis of treatment, such as: the prevalence of shame in the stories of problematic drug use; the stigmatisation of AOD clients; and ultimately the treatment setting. Greater awareness of this dynamic may help to create a space to counteract barriers in a way that enhances the relationship between client and counselor, and ultimately increase the opportunities for the client in their recovery. Data presented here are drawn from qualitative interviews with frontline workers to contextualise the extensive literature on shame. Emerging themes from in depth interviews are discussed through the practice implications of person-centred counseling.

Keeping Faith, Externalizing Belief: The Political and Therapeutic Significance of Narrative Therapy in a Post-Secular Era.

by Leland Maerz

In confusing the separation of church and state with the triumph of science and reason over religion and faith, the... more In confusing the separation of church and state with the triumph of science and reason over religion and faith, the modern secular project has produced a pressured situation where religious values and beliefs are perceived to be inappropriate and inadequate resources for addressing problems in the public sphere. Using autoethnographic accounts, as well as current events and recent research from a variety of disciplines, this work will express the need for a revised secularity —a post secular era— in which faith and belief are not exempted from public ‘places’ but rather, where there is discursive ‘space’ for both religious and nonreligious options to be freely sought.  While there is every indication in research and in popular opinion that such change is needed, there is little being written or said about the practices that might make such change possible.
The theory and practice of narrative therapy will be presented as not only therapeutically significant in addressing religion and spirituality in counselling but also politically influential in its contribution to a post-secular manner of engagement.  The therapeutic process and relationship in narrative therapy are built on practices that reveal the implicit influence of societal discourses upon the lives of people seeking help with their problems.  Religion and spirituality can be seen as both constraining of, and a potential resource toward, a more preferred experience of life.

"A Crossing of Paths: Hope for Integration of Religion in Psychology"

by Kieran Conroy

Cumulative Behavioral Science Seminar Final Paper (2004), unpublished

Examines the relationship between the religious/spiritual dimension and psychology, particularly in clinical contexts,... more Examines the relationship between the religious/spiritual dimension and psychology, particularly in clinical contexts, current developments towards careful integration, and my own case for continued growth of this field.